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PHP

Posted by Craig Salmond
Craig Salmond
Courses Plus Student 7,438 Points

Can't use a RewriteRule with a RewriteCond

No matter what I do, I can't get a RewriteCond to work with a RewriteRule. I even used the code from the downloads and I still can't get it to work right. Here's my code for the .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^shirts/$ /shirts4mike/shirts/shirts.php
RewriteRule ^shirts/([0-9]+)/$ /shirts4mike/shirts/shirt.php?id=$1
RewriteRule ^contact/([A-Za-z])+/$ /shirts4mike/contact/?status=$1
RewriteRule ^receipt.php$ /shirts4mike/receipt/ [R=301]
RewriteRule ^contact.php$ /shirts4mike/contact/ [R=301]
RewriteRule ^shirts.php$ /shirts4mike/shirts/ [R=301]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=([0-9]+)$
RewriteRule ^shirt.php$ /shirts4mike/shirts/%1/? [R=301]

Any ideas why this won't work?

3 Answers

ryanloerzel
ryanloerzel
12,671 Points
ryanloerzel
ryanloerzel
12,671 Points

Hi Craig,

Is your .htaccess file in the same directory as your homepage index.php file? What is the address for your local home page on your development server?

For example, after starting my PHP server I enter "localhost/my_shirt_site/" into the address bar.

Craig Salmond
PLUS
Craig Salmond
Courses Plus Student 7,438 Points
Craig Salmond
Craig Salmond
Courses Plus Student 7,438 Points

Yes, my .htaccess file is in the htdocs (MAMP) directory, right there with the index.php file. My Local home page is http://localhost:8888 (I used to have it in a shirts4mike folder, but even when I moved it out of that and removed the /shirts4mike from the RewriteRuie(s), it still didn't work.

The weird thing is that all of the other rules are working perfectly, so I'm completely stumped as to why this isn't working.

Elliot Alderton
Elliot Alderton
11,955 Points
Elliot Alderton
Elliot Alderton
11,955 Points

I'm having the same problem. Has anyone solved this.